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This  Tablet  was  erected  in  the  Central  Hall  of 

Banff  Academy  by  Sx-Bailie    Wm.    Robertson, 

Highfield,    Banff,     Interim-Chairman    of    Banff 

School  Board,  and  was  unveiled  on 

9th  September  1920. 


ROLL  OF  HONOUR  OF  FORMER 
PUPILS  OF  BANFF  ACADEMY 
WHO  FELL  IN  THE  GREAT 
WAR   1914-18        . 


Blow  out,  you  bugles,  over  the  rich  Dead  ! 
There's  none  of  these  so  lonely  and  poor  of  old, 
But  dying,  has  made  us  rarer  gifts  than  gold. 
These  laid  the  world  away  ;  poured  out  the  red 
Sweet  wine  of  youth  ;  gave  up  the  years  to  be 
Of  work  and  joy  and  that  unhoped  serene 
That  men  call  age ;  and  those  who  would  have  been 
Their  sons,  they  gave,  their  immortality." 

Rupert  Brooke. 


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THE   SUPREME   SACRIFICE 

BY   JOHN   S.   ARKWRIGHT. 

O  valiant  Hearts,  who  to  your  glory  came, 
Through  dust  of  conflict,   and  thro'   battle-flame ; 
Tranquil  you  lie,  your  knightly  virtue  proved, 
Your  memory  hallowed  in  the  Land  you  loved. 

Proudly  you  gathered,  rank  on  rank,  to  war, 
As  who  had  heard  God's  message  from  afar, 
All  you  had  hoped  for,  all  you  had  you  gave 
To  save  mankind — yourselves  you  scorned  to  save. 

Splendid  you  passed,  the  great  surrender  made, 
Into  the  light  that  nevermore  shall  fade : 
Deep  your  contentment  in  that  blest  abode, 
Who  wait  the  last  clear  trumpet-call  of  God. 

Long  years  ago,    as  earth  lay  dark  and   still, 
Rose  a  loud  cry  upon  a  lonely  hill, 
While  in  the  frailty  of  our  human  clay 
Christ,  our  Redeemer,  passed  the  self-same  way. 

Still  stands  His  Cross  from  that  dread  hour  to  this, 
Like  some  bright  star  above  the  dark  abyss  ; 
Still,   through  the  veil,   the  Victor's  pitying  eyes 
Look  down  to  bless  our  lesser  Calvaries. 

These  were  His  servants,  in  His  steps  they  trod, 
Following  through  death  the  martyr'd  Son  of  God  ; 
Victor  He  rose;  victorious,  too,  shall  rise 
They  who  have  drunk  His  cup  of  sacrifice. 

O  risen  Lord,  O  Shepherd  of  our  Dead, 
Whose  Cross  has  bought  them  and  Whose  Staff  has  led- 
In  glorious  hope  their  proud  and  sorrowing  Land 
Commits  her  children  to  Thy  gracious  hand. 

Amen. 


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BANFF    ACADEMY 
ROLL    OF    HONOUR. 

GREAT    WAR— 1914-1919. 


JAMES  WILSON— 25  Gallowhill  Street,  Banff 

2nd  Gordon  Highlanders 
Killed  in  Action — 31st  October  IQ14 

JAMES  W.  FORBES— High  Street,  Banff 

Gordon  Highlanders 
Died   of    Wounds — 14th   November   1914 

JOHN  G.  P.  GAULD— Lintfteld,  Banff 

3rd  Gordon  Highlanders 
Killed  in  Action — 14th  December  IQ14 

ROBERT  WRIGHT— High  Street,  Banff 

6th  Gordon  Highlanders 
Died  of   Wounds — 4th  January   iqi$ 

WILLIAM  A.  TROUP— 7  Boyndie  Street  West,  Banff 

6th  Gordon  Highlanders 
Died  in  Hospital —  2~th  January  IQ15 

WILLIAM  WOOD— 69  St  Catherine  Street,  Banff 

H.M.  Transport  Service 
Vrozvned — 15th  January   igi$ 

WILLIAM  DUSTAN— 8  Fife  Street,  Banff 

6th  Gordon  Highlanders 
Killed  in  Action — 13th  March  IQ15 


FRANK  OGG— 8  Duncan  Street,  Banff 

6th  Gordon  Highlanders 
Killed  in  Action — 13th  March  1915 

WILLIAM  C.  BREMNER— High  Shore,  Banff 

6th  Gordon  Highlanders 
Killed  in  Action — 13th  March  191 5 

CHARLES  TOCHER— High  Street,  Banff 

6th  Gordon  Highlanders 
Killed  in  Action — 13th  March  191 5 

JAMES  M'GREGOR— 43  Fife  Street,  Banff 

6th  Gordon  Highlanders 
Killed  in  Action — 13th  March  191 5 

CHARLES  DUNCAN— 9  Duncan  Street,  Banff 

6th  Gordon  Highlanders 
Killed  in  Action — 13th  March  1915 

ALEXANDER  R.  NICOL— Bieldside 

2nd  Gordon  Highlanders 
Killed  in  Action — 13th  March  191 5 

GEORGE  CORMACK— 21  Clunie  Street,  Banff 

6th  Gordon  Highlanders 
Killed  in  Action — 13th  March  1915 

GORDON  HUTCHEON— Dounepark,  Banff 

6th  Gordon  Highlanders 
Died  of  Wounds — 18th  March  1915 

JOHN  MAIR— 67  St  Catherine  Street,  Banff 

2nd  Gordon  Highlanders 
Died  of  Wounds — 16th  May  1915 

WM.  A.  S.  HOFFMAN— St  Brandon's,  Banff 

2 3RD  County  of  London  Battalion 
Killed  in  Action — May  1915 


ALEXANDER  ASHER— 67  Castle  Street,  Banff 

Cth  Gordon  Highlanders 
Killed  in  Action — June  1Q15 

THOMAS  STUART— Deveronview,  Banff 

Royal  Naval  Brigade 
Killed — June  IQ15 

LESLIE  CHALMERS— Gallowhill  Street,  Banff 

ist  K.O.S.B. 

Killed — 18th   June    IQ15 

CHARLES  DUNCAN— 21  Old  Market  Place,  Banff 

Royal  Naval  Division 

Reported  Missing  (assumed  Killed) — 15th  July  IQ15 

JACK  GRAHAM— South  Colleonard,  Banff 

Wellington  Infantry  Battalion 

Killed  in  Action — 8th  August  IQ15 

GEORGE  ROSS— Lodgehills,  Boyndie 

Argyll  and  Sutherland  Highlanders 
Killed — 14th  September  IQ15 

IAN  CHARLES  M'PHERSON— Strondhu,  Banff 

2nd  Lieut.,  2nd  Gordon  Highlanders 
Killed  in  Action — 2$ih  September    TQ15 

ALEXANDER  OGG— Duncan  Street,  Banff 

2nd  Gordon  Highlanders 
Killed  in  Action — 25th  September   iqi$ 

EDWARD   TOCHER— High   Street,   Banff 

6th  Gordon  Highlanders 

Killed  in  Action — 25th  September   IQ15 

JAMES  M.  STUART— Macduff 

6th  Gordon  Highlanders 
Killed  in  Action — 25th  September   IQ15 


RANALD  C.  MUNRO— 11  Low  Street,  Banff 

4Th  Cameron  Highlanders 
Killed  in  Action — 27th  September  IQ15 

JOHN  HADDEN— 33  Fife  Street,  Banff 

ist  Scots  Guards 
Killed  in  Action — 28th  September  1Q15 

ALEXANDER  GAULT— 37  St  Catherine  Street,  Banff 

6th  Gordon  Highlanders 
Killed — 5th  September  IQ15 

ALEXANDER  FINDLATER— Cluny 

4TH  Gordon  Highlanders 

Killed  in  Action — 25th  September  1Q15 

JOHN  PATERSON— Masonic  Lodge  Close,  Banff 

ioth  Gordon  Highlanders 
Killed  in  Action — 25th  September  IQ15 

JAMES  MURRAY— 67  Castle  Street,  Banff 

iith  Royal  Scots 
Died  of   Wounds — 5th   October   IQ15 

BRUCE  GREGOR— Boyndie  Street  West,  Banff 

Royal  Field  Artillery 
Died  of  Wounds — 27th  October  7915 

JAMES  CORMACK— 21  Clunie  Street,  Banff 

Mine  Sweeper 
Drowned — 24th  November  1Q15 

CHARLES  G.  DONALDSON— 10  Victoria  Place,  Banff 

H.M.  Transport 

Died  in  Hospital — 1st  November  1Q15 

ALEXANDER  SLORACH— Braeheads,  Banff 

4th  Gordon  Highlanders 
Killed — 26th  December  igis 


CHARLES  T.  M'WILLIAM— Foveran  Manse 

Lieut.,  T>th  Gordon  Highlanders 
Killed— 18th  March   igi6 

ERNEST  ROGERSON— Trinity  Manse,  Banff 

Cameron  Highlanders 
Died  in  Hospital — 13th  March   igi6 

RONALD  M.  BENTON— Bournemouth 

Second  Lieut.,  53RD  Sikhs 
Killed — jth  June  igi6 

JOHN  RUNCIE— Fife  Street,  Banff 

6th  Gordon  Highlanders 
Killed — 1st  July  igi6 

ROBERT  ORD— 18  Boyndie  Street,   Banff 

15TH  Cheshire  Regiment 
Killed — iyth  July   igi6 

JOHN  A.  KENNEDY— Lhanbryd 

Captain,  6th  Seaforth  Highlanders 
Died  of  Wounds — 6th  August  igi6 

WILLIAM  SPENCE— Gallowhill  Street,  Banff 

Cameron  Highlanders 
Killed — ijth  August  igi6 

JACK  ROSS— Carmelite  Street,  Banff 

Hampshire  Regiment 
Killed — 3rd  September  igi6 

GEORGE  GAULT— St  Catherine  Street,  Banff 

Gordon  Highlanders 
Died  of  Wounds — 8th  September  igi6 

WILLIAM  HADDEN— Fife  Street,  Banff 
Highland  Light  Infantry 

Killed — gth  September  igi6 


ALEXANDER  CAMPBELL— Low  Street,  Banff 

iith  Canadian  Scottish 
Killed — ioth  September   1916 

ALEXANDER  ANGUS— Carmelite  Street,   Banff 

Canadian  Scottish 
Died  of  Wounds — nth  September  1916 

OTTO  PATERSON— 16  St  Catherine  Street,  Banff 

Mine  Sweeper 
Browned — 13th  September  1016 

ALEXANDER   RAFFAN— Gaveny  Brae,   Banff 

6th  Gordon  Highlanders 
Killed — 15th  September   1916 

WILLIAM  FORDYCE— Victoria  Place,  Banff 

20TH  London  Regiment 
Missing  (presumed  Killed) — nth  September  1916 

ALEXANDER  KILOH— Fife  Street,  Banff 

Canadian  Contingent 
Killed — 26th  September  19 16 

WILLIAM  JOSS— 62  Castle  Street,  Banff 

Canadian  Contingent 
Missing — 8th  October  19^6 

ALEXANDER  JOSS— 62  Castle  Street,  Banff 

Canadian  Camerons 
Killed — 8th  October  1916 

WILLIAM  G.  DONALD— 94  Castle  Street,  Banff 

Gordon  Highlanders 
Killed — 13th  November  1916 

ROBERT  INGLIS— Duncan  Street,  Banff 

Gordon  Highlanders 

Killed — 13th  November  1916 


JAMES  LYALL— Macduff 

2nd  Lieut.,  Gordon  Highlanders 
Died  of  Wounds — 14th  November  igi6 

GARDEN  H.  MACKINTOSH— High  Street,  Banff 

6th  Gordon  Highlanders 
Died  of  Wounds — 14th  November  igi6 

JOHN  GEORGE  MUNRO— Crask  of  Aigas,  Beauly 

6th  Gordon  Highlanders 
Killed  in  Action — 10th  November  igi6 

ALEXANDER  HENRY— 13  Clunie  Street,  Banff 

6th  Gordon  Highlanders 
Died  in  Hospital — 28th  November  igid 

FRASER  INGRAM— Banff 

Canadian  Contingent 
Died  in  Hospital — 21st  January  igi-j 

JAMES  CRAWFORD— 23  Carmelite  Street,  Banff 

K.O.S.B. 

Killed — 28th  January   igiy 

ALEXANDER  W.  STEPHEN— 18  Seafield  Street,  Banff 

Royal  Naval  Reserve  T 
Lost  at  Sea — 24th  February   igij 

ANDREW  FORBES— 53  High  Street,  Banff 

ist  Gordon  Highlanders 
Killed  in  Action — 2nd  February  igij 

GEORGE  WOOD— Scotstown,  Banff 

Royal  Naval  Reserve  T 
Lost  at  Sea — 2nd  February  igiy 

IAN  F.  C.  BADENOCH— Sentosa,  Banff 

2nd  Lieut.,  Royal  Fusiliers 
Died  of  Wounds — igth  March  igiy 


JAMES  A.  ALEXANDER— Chattanville,  Banff 

H.M.  Transport 
Lost  at  Sea — 22nd  March  1917 

GEORGE  DUNCAN— 24  Old  Market  Place,  Banff 

Gordon  Highlanders 

Killed  in  Action — 2nd  April  igiy 

RALPH  L.  MANN— Broadcroft,  Banff 

Australian  Imperial  Forces 
Died  of   Wounds — 2nd  April   igij 

GEORGE  REID— Bryvard,  Banff 

2nd  Lieut.,  Gordon  Highlanders 
Killed  in  Action — gth  April  igiy 

ALEXANDER  STEWART— Wright's  Close,  Banff 

6th  Gordon  Highlanders 
Killed  in  Action — gth  April  igij 

WILLIAM  WATT— Deveronside,  Banff 

Gordon  Highlanders 

Killed  in  Action — gth  April  igij 

ROBERT  THOM— Heads  of  Yards,  Banff 

Seaforth  Highlanders 
Died  of  Wounds — April  igiy 

ALBERT  G.  BOW— Skene  House,  Macduff 

Gordon  Highlanders 
Killed  in  Action — gth  April  igiy 

CHARLES   GEDDIE— 3   Braeheads,   Banff 

York  and  Lancashire  Battalion 
Missing  (presumed  Killed) — gth  April  igiy 


JOHN  CRAWFORD— 23  Carmelite  Street,  Banff 

ist  Gordon  Highlanders 
Killed  in  Action — gth  April  igiy 

JAMES  P.  THORBURN— Boyndie  Street,  Banff 

South  Wales  Borderers 
Died  of  Wounds — yth  May  igij 

EDWIN  A.  KENNEDY— Stuart  Street,  Banff 

2nd  Lieut.,  Seaforth  Highlanders 
Killed — 13th  May  1977 

THOMAS  C.  HOSIE— Braeheads,  Banff 

Royal  Garrison  Artillery 
Killed  in  Action — 27th  May  igij 

GEORGE  HORNE— Clunie  Street,  Banff 

ist  Gordon  Highlanders 
Killed  in  Action — 14th  June  igiy 

JOHN  ROBB— 34  Carmelite  Street,  Banff 

Canadian  Forces 
Killed  in  Action — 28th  June  igiy 

WILLIAM  CORMACK— 73  St  Catherine  Street,  Banff 

Mine  Sweeper 
Lost  at  Sea — yth  July  igij 

GEORGE  S.  PIRIE— Castle  Street,  Banff 
Captain,  R.A.M.C. 

Killed  in  Action — 24th  July  igi*j 

JACK  INGRAM— 4  St  Catherine  Street,  Banff 

Gordon  Highlanders 

Killed  in  Action — 31st  July  igiy 

JAMES  FALCONER— 16  Fife  Street,  Banff 

Gordon   Highlanders 
Killed  in  Action — 31st  July  igiy 


JAMES  H.  SHERIFFS— Back  Path,  Banff 

Captain,  H.M.S.  War  Patrol 
Mined — ioth  August  igiy 

ALEXANDER  DUNCAN— 43  Gallowhill  Street,  Banff 

Canadian  Contingent 
Killed  in  Action — 16th  August  igiy 

JOHN  DUNCAN— 79  Castle  Street,  Banff 

ist  Gordon  Highlanders 

Killed  in  Action — 22nd  August  1Q17 

GEORGE  P.  SIMPSON— Boyndie  Crossing,  Ladysbridge 

S.S.  "St  Ronald" 
Lost  at  Sea — igth  September  igiy 

DAVID  WHYTE— 46  St  Catherine  Street,  Banff 

4th  Gordon  Highlanders 
Killed  in  Action — 20th  September  igiy 

FREDERICK  PENNIE— High  Street,  Banff 

Australian  Forces 
Killed  in  Action — 26th  September  igij 

JAMES  GARDINER— Dounepark,  Banff 

Gordon   Highlanders 
Killed  in  Action — 26th  September  igij 

GEORGE  C.  ALLAN— Mains  of  Baldavie,  Boyndie 

Royal  Field  Artillery 
Killed  in  Action — 4th  October  igij 

CHARLES  KIDD— Victoria  Place,  Banff 

Royal  Field  Artillery 
Died  of   Wounds — gth  October  igij 

JAMES  MAIR— South  Pringle  Street,  Buckie 

Royal  Naval  Reserve  T 
Died — ioth   October   igij 


WILLIAM  HOPE— St  Catherine  Street,  Banff 

Canadian  Forces 
Died  of  Wounds — 30th  October  igij 

WILLIAM  MITCHELL— 13  Wright's  Close,  Banff 

ioth  Gordon  Highlanders 
Missing  (presumed  Killed) — 26th  October  igij 

WILLIAM  AITKEN— 3  Victoria  Place,  Banff 

Canadian  Forces 
Died  of  Wounds — 4th  November  igiy 

WILLIAM  JOHNSTON— Kingswell  Lane,  Banff 

Royal  Scots  Fusiliers 
Drowned — 30th  December  igij 

FITZ=JAMES  S.  FERGUSSON— Old  Castle  Gate,  Banff 

2nd  Lieut.,  Rifle  Brigade 
Killed  in  Action — 22nd  March   igi8 

OLIVER  CARNIE— Longmanhill,  Gamrie 

Gordon   Highlanders 
Killed  in  Action — 2gth  March   igi8 

JAMES  M'INTOSH— 29  Fife  Street,  Banff 

Australian  Forces 
Killed — March  igi8 

JAMES  SHEPHERD— 77  Castle  Street,  Banff 

Royal  Field  Artillery 
Killed  in  Action — 2gth  March   igi8 

WILLIAM  P.  SCOTT— 49  High  Shore,  Banff 

Gordon   Highlanders 
Killed  in  Action — 21st   March   igi8 

WILLIAM  J.  GIBSON— Old  Market  Place,  Banff 

Cheshire  Regiment 
(Presumed)  Killed — 2ist~3oth  March  igi8 


CHARLES  M.  ALLAN— Gardiner's  Brae,  Banff 

Machine  Gun  Corps 

Missing  (presumed  Killed)— 21st  March  191S 

JOHN  GAVIN— Inverboyndie,  Banff 

New  Zealand  Forces 
Died  in  Hospital — 6th  May  igiS 

HUGH  STEPHEN— Reid  Street,  Banff 

Royal  Engineers 
Died  in  Hospital — 13th  May   igiS 

EDWARD  REID— Bryvard,  Banff 

Seaforth  Highlanders 

Killed  in  Action — 30th  May  igi8 

DONALD  C.  COOPER— Tarnash  House,  Keith 

Lieut.,  6th  Gordon  Highlanders 

Killed  in  Action — 23rd  July  igiS 

JOHN  C.  JOHNSTON— Kingswell  Lane,  Banff 

Gordon  Highlanders 

Killed  in  Action — 28th  August  igiS 

JAMES  MUNRO— 5  Ciunie  Street,  Banff 

Gordon  Highlanders 

Killed  in  Action — 23rd  August   igi8 

ANDREW  MAIR— 25  Gallowhill  Street,  Banff 

Canadian  Forces 
Killed  in  Action — nth  August   igiS 

WILLIAM  DEY— 5  Ciunie  Street,  Banff 

3rd  Canadian  Infantry  Battalion 
Died  of   Wotmds — 30th  August  igiS 

WILLIAM  CAMPBELL— Low  Street,  Banff 

Killed  in  Action—  12th  September  igiS 


ROBERT  STEWART— 14  Bridge  Street,  Banff 

Scots  Guards 
Killed  in  Action — 27th  September  igiS 

FRANCIS  W.  G.  SELLAR— Path  House,  Banff 

Royal  Garrison  Artillery 

Killed  in  Action — 8th  October  igiS 

JAMES  LESLIE— 30  High  Shore,  Banff 

H.M.  Transport 
Died  at  Sea — 13th  October  igiS 

RONALD  A.  R.  CLARK— Douglas,  Isle  of  Man 

Lieut.,  Royal  Air  Force 

Killed  while  Flying — igth  October  igi8 

JOHN  SLATER— 2  Fountain  Street,  Banff 

Royal  Naval  Reserve  T 

Killed   at   Sea — 2gth    October    igiS 

ROBERT  CLARK— Wright's  Close,   Banff 

2ND   K.O.S.B. 

Gassed — nth  October  igiS 

JAMES  MILNE— Duncan  Street,  Banff 

Royal  Army  Medical  Corps 
Died  in  Hospital — iSth  November  igi8 

BRUCE  M.  BRANDER— Duff  House  Gardens 

Captain,  R.A.M.C. 

Died  on  Service — 30th  November  igiS 

ARTHUR  SMITH— 47  St  Catherine  Street,  Banff 

Royal  Naval  Reserve 
Died  in  Hospital — 2jth  January  igig 

ROBERT  GIBBS  SHEARER— Path  House,   Banff 

Royal  Fusiliers 
Died  in  Hospital — iyth  February  igig 


Ilth  NOV.   1918. 


"Armistice  signed."     Our  lips  pronounced  the  words, 

While  yet  our  inmost  hearts  could  scarce  believe 
That  din  of  war  had  ceased,  that  German  hordes 

No  longer  could  their  boastful  threats   achieve. 
Rejoice,  exult,   that  after  years  of   strife 

And  world-wide  bloodshed,  right  has  conquered  might, 
That  peace  once  more  has  come  to  sweeten  life, 

And  from  a  war-worn  earth  has  banished  night. 
But  ah,  to  win  this  end  a  price  was  paid, 

Paid  by  the  noblest,  bravest  of  the  land ; 
For  fathers,   brothers,   sons  all-valiant   stayed 

With   their   own   life-blood,    the  opposing   band. 

Then  nations  midst  your  joy  be  this  your  thought, 
To   worthy   be   of   freedom   dearly   bought. 

Ruby  Dawson, 
Pupil  of  Banff  Academy. 


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